HC Deb 21 February 1977 vol 926 cc452-3W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list in the Official Report the recommendations of the Oppé report concerning perinatal care;

(2) if he will list in the Official Report the recommendations of the Court Report concerning perinatal care;

(3) if he will list in the Official Report the recommendations of the Expert Group on Special Care for Babies;

(4) if he will list in the Official Report the recommendations of the Report on Domiciliary Midwifery and Bed Needs for Maternity Patients concerning perinatal care.

Mr. Moyle

All these reports have been published and copies are available in the Library.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services on what date he received, the Oppé Report, the Court Report, the Report of the Expert Group on Special Care for Babies and the Report on Domiciliary Midwifery and Bed Needs for Maternity Patients.

Mr. Moyle

The Oppé Report on the Prevention of Early Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity—July 1974.

The report of the Expert Group on Special Care for Babies—March 1971.

The Court Report on Child Health Services—October 1976.

The report on Domiciliary Midwifery and Bed Needs for Maternity Patients—July 1970.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all the official reports in the last 25 years which have been concerned with perinatal and/or infant mortality or morbidity; and the date on which they were received by his Department.

Mr. Moyle

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the members of his Department's Children's Research Liaison Group working party on infant and perinatal mortality and morbidity; what are the working party's terms of reference; when it was set up; how often it has met; and when it expects to report.

Mr. Moyle

As well as Department of Health and Social Security officials and professional advisers there are five external members: Professor J. N. Morris (Chairman), Dr. P. Pharoah, Professor B. M. Foss, Professor V. Dubowitz and Mr. G. Chamberlain. The working party was set up by the Children's Research Liaison Group to study and make recommendations on areas for research, and has met five times since April 1976. The Research Liaison Group expects to receive the working party's advice later this year; and hope this will assist it in working out proposals for research in 1978–79 and subsequent years.